Archive for the: 'Social Media' tag

The Death of the Consumer

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Part Two: War and A Kind of Peace

Many times, Adam Curtis’s film, ‘The Century of the Self’ is set against images of war. Herein lies...Read Full

The Death of the Consumer

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Part One: Media and the Engineering of Consent.

Adam Curtis’s ‘The Century of the Self’ changed my life. Many times its arguments are set against images...Read Full

A Short History of Pianos and Pianists

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Born in the village of Żelazowa Wola, Poland, in 1810, Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin died thirty-nine years later after a turbulent life of...Read Full

Social media is eroding privacy among youngsters, says Microsoft innovation chief

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Governments across the world are 10-years behind in tackling online privacy issues, says Michael...Read Full

Education is the Biggest Media Market in the World

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Powerpoint is media. A journal is media. Universities are in the media business. A research university produces and aggregates media. Other universities only aggregate media.

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Why We Will Always Pay For Content.

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

One way or another, we will always pay for content. In fact, people have died for content, for the rights of speaking and writing. People...Read Full

The Wizards of the Academy

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

I don't care about the future of the University if we only fester over whether we can still afford to print brochures. And I fear...Read Full

The Ambient Society or Why Scheduled TV. Will Never Die

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Communal rhythms have always been part of human society. Sometimes pre-planned, often emergent, they act as a kind of psychic binding. Sometimes they are difficult...Read Full

Interaction of Regional News Media Production and Consumption through the Social Space

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Regional newspapers face problems developing an effective online news service to enable them to remain relevant in the communities they serve. Our findings suggest that...Read Full

Georgia Demetriou

Monday, October 19th, 2009

gdI have been a student at MBS for four years now and after two masters, an MSc...Read Full